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Individual changes in neuromuscular performance in the Spanish women’s national football team throughout the 2023 World Cup

Blanca Romero-Moraleda
1, 2
,
Ismel Mazola
1, 2
,
Aldo A Vasquez-Bonilla
3
,
Jaime González-García
2, 4

  1. Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  2. Royal Spanish Football Federation, Las Rozas, 28232 Madrid, Spain
  3. Sports Sciences Faculty, University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain
  4. Exercise and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, 28223 Pozuelo, Spain
Biol Sport. 2025;42(3):79–87
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.146789
Online publish date: 2025/01/20
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